δῐχο-τομέω,
cut in twain: bisect a line, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.28.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 913b31; σώματος -ηθέντος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 24 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically of the medial raphe of the perineum, [[ 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.62, etc. ] Refs 7th c.AD+]
__2 punish with the last severity, [[NT.Matt.24.51. ] NT]
__3 divide into two (logically), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 302e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 642b22, 644b19. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 intransitive, of the moon, uncertain in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.929f. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]